Packing-receptacle.



W. EKERMEYER.

- PACKING RECEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1911.

1,008,963. I Patent ed Nov. 11, 1911.

being broken, with which the article may be p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EKERMEYER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR. BY MESNE ASSICiNMED111351. OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY DOSGHER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PACKING-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Application filed May 5, 1911. Serial No. 625,318.

ton. and State of Ohio, have invented oertain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to receptacles for the reception of articles of a frangible character. The object of the invention is a receptacle which will protect the inclosed article from readily packed and unpacked, and which offers a large packing space upon its in terior. This object is attained by the means described in the specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a box in which a %ries of packing receptacles embodying my invention have been nested. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a packing receptacle embodying my invention, the sides of the external and the internal boxes being partially broken away to disclose the internal arrangement of the receptacle when used as a package for ice cream cones. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spacer or bottom, used upon the inside of the internal box. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the packing receptacle in an inverted position, and with the upper end broken off. v

. The packing receptacle embodying my invention consists of an outer box, an inner box formed preferably from a folded sheet, and a spacer or removable bottom for the inner box. The outer box A may consist of any angular box, such as a rectangular box, made from cardboard. While I have illustrated a four-sided box, boxes of difi'erent number of sides may be used, provided they have angles or corners between the sides. The inner box B has the same number of sides as the outer box. In the present instance, I have illustrated a four-sided inner box. This box is made from a sheet of cardboard, or other material, which may be creased and folded upon itself. Each side 6 of the box at one edge has an oli'set or return bend b, which projects beyond the adjacent side I). The box B is made of a size, such that when the return bends b b b b are fitted into the corners of the outer box A,

foration d therein. The ofl'sets b b b b I hold the sides of the inner box at suflicient distances from the sides of the outer box, to insure that there will be a suflicient space to prevent blows upon the outer box from damaging the article, but this distance is not so great as to decrease the available space in the box A for packing to too great an extent. The double return bends hold the sides of the inner box firmly away from the sides of the outer box. The spacer D will rest upon the bottom of the main box E and thus prevent the bottom ofthe article, such as an ice cream cone F, from coming into contact with the bottom of the main box.

When it is desired to remove the article.

from the package, the inner box is drawn out of the outer box and the sheet of which it is composed is readily unfolded or flattened to release the article:

A spacer D may be used upon the top of the articles F to prevent their coming into contact with the top of the main box.

What I claim is 1. A packing receptacle consisting of angular inner and outer boxes, the inner box having its sides straight between its "corners and having at each of its corners an external offset which contacts with the adjacent cor-' ner of the outer box and holds the straight sidesof the inner box at an angle to the sides of the outer box. i

2. A packing receptacle consisting of an inner and an outer box, both boxes being formed with a series of corners, the inner box having return bends at its corners which contact with the corners of the outer box and hold the sides of the inner box at an angle to the adjacent sides of the outer box.

3. A packing receptacle consisting of an outer angular box and an inner box formed from a sheet folded so as to form a box with return bends at its corners, the return bends contacting with the corners of the outer box and holding the sides ofthe inner box away from the sides of the outer box. 1

4 .;A acking receptacle consisting of a reetangu ar outer' box, a four-sided inner box having return bends at its corners contacting with the corners of the-outer box and holding the sides of the inner box at an angle to thesides of the outer box.

5. A acking receptacle consisting of inner an outer angular boxes, the inner box having projections at its corners which space itssides from the sides of the outer box, and a spacer fitted within the inner box and havin'g sides for holding the article above the bottom of the receptacle.

. 6. A packing receptacle consisting of an outer box and an inner box formed from a folded sheet and a spacer located upon the inside of the inner box, the outer box and the spacer co-acting to hold the folded sheet in the form of the inner box.

WM. EKERMEYER.

Witnesses: WM. SLEMANN,

GEORGE L. LANGHORN. 

